Sponge or mucilage holder.



No. 698,325. I Patentd Apr'. 22, I902.

H. w. SCATTERGUOD. i

SPUNGE UR MUCILAGE HOLDER.

' (Application filed Mar. 7, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC HENRY IV. SGATTERGOOD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPONGE OR MUCILAGE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 698,325, dated April 22, 1902.

Original application filed J'uly6, 1899, Serial No. 722,907. Divided and this application filed March 7, 1901. Serial No. 50,176. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that'l, HENRYW. SCATTER- G001), a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have'invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Sponge or Mucilage Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This case is a division of'my application for patent for spongeor mucilage holders, filed July 6, 1899,Serial NoI 722,907.

This invention relates to sponge or mucilage holders, and has for its obj set to provide a holder which will obviate the escape of the contents over the outside of the holder when the holder is being used. In carrying out this object I employ a vessel in which is suspended a removable retainer the upper edge of which projects above the level of the mouth of the vessel, the said retainer being supported within the outside vessel and communicating externally and internally with the interior of the vessel, so that any drippings, spill, or excess carried over from the retainer in use willfallback within the vessel instead of being carried on to the outside of said vessel.

In the accompanying drawings,illustrating my invention, intheseveral figures of which like parts arefsimilarly designated, Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view with the cover removed; Fig. 3 is a vertical tra'ns'verse section having a cover of sufticient height to receive within it a brush. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of a modification.

In the construction shown the outer vessel a, whichmaybe of glass or other suitable material, has a'. cylindrical interior cavity 1) and a rim or-lipc, shouldered at d, to receive a cover e in a substantially air-tight manner. Within this cavity is the retainerf, made of glass or other material in the form of a cylindrical tube and having a laterally-projecting flange g to rest upon an inner shoulder h of the outer vessel, the saidretainer terminating short of the bottom of the vessel or extending to the bottom of the vessel and having notches f in its lower edge,vFig. 4, and also having notches i in its flange g, the said notches "L forming openings between the flange and the shoulder h, through which any excess of spill carried over from the retainer in use may be returned to the cavity.

If the device be used as a, sponge-holder, then the sponge will be placedwithin the retainer and moistened, and theexcess of moisture will be'confined within the cavity of the outer vessel. It is obvious that if a stamp or envelop or other object to be'moistened be dragged'across thesponge or other absorbent material 'containedwithinthe retainer any excess of expressed moisture carried over by such object will be discharged Within the cavity 1) through the notches 0; rather than be carried over upon the outside of the vessel a. It the device be used as a mucilageholder, as indicated. in Fig. 3, the excess of mucilage taken by the brush j may be removed upon the upper edge ofthe retainer and will be similarly returned to the cavity of the vessel a, and this return of excess or spill is insured in'view of the fact that the said retainer standsup within said outer vessel beyond theupper edge of its rim or lip 0.

Whether the retainer have its bottom edge above the bottom of the cavity. or the bottom of the said 'retainer extend to the bottom of the cavity and be notched, the circulation of the fluid'from the outer vesselto the retainer is insured. I i

As shown in'Fig. 1, a lowcover may be used when the device is employed as a sponge holder or moistener, and,"-as; shown in Fig. 3, a conical or higher cover 6' may be used where a brush is employed.

The holders shown and described herein are useful convertibly as moisteners or mucilage having the same general characteristics and mode of operation.

In my Patent No. 592,959, dated November 2, 1897, is shown the principle of which the present invention is another example. The

present invention is an adaptation of the principle of the said patented invention to a moistener or a convertible moistener and mucilage holder; but it is obvious that the invention is not limited to the use to which the device may be put.

What I claim is- 1. A sponge or mueilage holder, comprising a vessel having an external shoulder and an adjacent lip, a cover applied to said shoulder and lip, an inner shoulder, and a tube suspended within the said vessel above its bottom by means of a laterally-projecting flange fitted to and resting upon the inner shoulder, the tube projecting above and below its said flange, substantially as described.

2. A vessel at, having a shoulder (Z, a cover fitted substantially air-tight to said shoulder, an adjacent rim or lip, an inner shoulder next to said rim or lip, and a tubular retainer provided with a laterally-projecting notched flange engaging the inner shoulder, the upper edge of the retainer projecting considerably above the rim or lip, and the lower tubular portion of said retainer extending toward the bottom of the vessel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A vessel a, having an inner shoulder next to its rim or lip, combined with a tube having a laterally-projecting notched flange resting loosely upon said shoulder, the lower portion of the tube suspended above the bottom of the vessel by said flange and the upper edge of the tube projecting considerably above the mouth of the vessel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of February, A. D. 1901.

HENRY W. SGATTERGOOD.

\Vitnesses:

H. DERINGER FALSTETH, S. E. CARVER. 

